error #009

February 2, 2005, 20:26

WARNING #009 ***THE VALUE OF SCALAR SC1 IN CELL 11362 ( -4.2141E-21) IS BELOW THE MINIMUM

I get this error when I try to mix two fluids in a t shaped mixer. Does someone know how I can get rid of this problem? or what is causing it? I am mixing water and ethanol

cheers

February 3, 2005, 01:20

If this happens early in a steady state solution but disappears after a while, it is no problem. The number is very small indeed, and Star is just correcting a small round-off error, most likely.

If it continues, you have something more serious wrong, like a disconnected piece of mesh.

February 2, 2005, 20:26	error #009	#1
Toni Vainio Guest Posts: n/a	WARNING #009 ***THE VALUE OF SCALAR SC1 IN CELL 11362 ( -4.2141E-21) IS BELOW THE MINIMUM I get this error when I try to mix two fluids in a t shaped mixer. Does someone know how I can get rid of this problem? or what is causing it? I am mixing water and ethanol cheers

February 3, 2005, 01:20	Re: error #009	#2
Brian Guest Posts: n/a	If this happens early in a steady state solution but disappears after a while, it is no problem. The number is very small indeed, and Star is just correcting a small round-off error, most likely. If it continues, you have something more serious wrong, like a disconnected piece of mesh.

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